Rural Focus
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Rural Focus
Rural Focus is a unique program in commercial radio: it provides the most comprehensive coverage of agricultural and agribusiness issues affecting the rural communities in regional Western Australia.
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597 episodis
Does Canola Have a Future in Biofuels?
Today's guests:
Vitor Pistoia - RaboResearch senior grains and oilseeds analyst
Michael Harding - Freight Lines Group
Harry Carol -...
WA Farmers Losing Confidence Even Prior to the Middle East Conflict
Today's guests:
Steve Kelly - Rabobank WA state manager
Rebecca Nadge - Countryman editor
Owen Catto - Regional Men's Health Initiat...
Our Rural Nurses Are Calling For Change
Today's guests:
Frances Rice - Australian College of Nursing
Darren O'Dea - Farm Weekly
Stephen Brown - Safe Farms WA
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How To Stretch Your Fertiliser Further
Today's guests:
Jon Baird - grower relations manager at GRDC
Cam Dumesny - CEO of Western Roads Federation
Peter Rundle MLA - member...
Happy Easter! Let's Talk About Feral Rabbits...
Today's guests:
Heidi Kleiner - National Feral Rabbit Management Coordinator for the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions
Tania Cecconi...
Opportunity Knows No Postcode
Today's guests:
Jane Cunningham - president of ICPA WA
Steve Martin MLC
Craig Walker - Nutrien Livestock
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What To Do If You Got Rain on the Weekend... And If You Didn't
Today's guests:
Peter Eliott-Lockhart - senior agronomist at Elders Geraldton
Michael Britton - animal product integrity and traceability...
Looking After Our Mental Health During Seeding
Today's guests:
Michael Kaufman - Regional Men's Health Initiative
Bill Crabtree - 4 Farmers
Paul Nenke - Milne Feeds
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What Does this EU Trade Deal Mean for WA Producers?
Professor William Van Caenegen, agricultural law expert from Bond University, gives us the details of Australia's EU fair trade agreement that was sig...
The Middle East Conflict's Effect on Grain Values
Today's guests:
Ryan Aldridge - Aldridge Ag Contracting
Tom Mayfield - ADM Trading
Georgia Campion - Countryman
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Mouse Alert!
We're being urged to check our paddocks for signs of mouse activity in the lead up to seeding, with reports of high activity in the northern and south...
Top Tips for Effective Canola Establishment
With this rain on the way and growers making decisions about seeding canola, we chat with CSIRO senior research scientist Andrew Fletcher about their...
Farmers Across Borders Calls for Government Support
As pastoralists in the Mid West and Gascoyne deal with a terrible drought, Farmers Across Borders are struggling to deliver much-needed feed due to fu...
WA's Truckies Are On the Edge, Only Two Weeks Into War
Today's guests:
Ben Sutherland - president of the Livestock and Rural Transporters’ Association of Western Australia
Kellie Todman...
Fuel and Fertiliser Shortages, Broken Weather Radars and... Buffalo Milk Ice Cream?
Countryman's Georgia Campion joins us this morning to tell us about the top stories in this week's paper,
Warren Henry from Ross's Auct...
How To Work With the Little Nitrogen We've Got
On today's show:
Bill Crabtree - 4 Farmers
Darren O'Dea - Farm Weekly
Craig Walker - Nutrien Livestock
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No Weather Radar Coverage in North-East WA For Three Months
BOM's Jess Linguard joins us to talk about installing a new radar in the Kimberley,
Craig White from Elders has an update on his wherea...
Succession Planning on the Family Farm... How Do We Start the Conversation?
Rabobank is bringing succession planning sessions to Esperance, Corrigin and Cunderdin! Skye Ward from Rabobank talks to us about the importance of fa...
Another Day, Another Fuel Price Increase
Darren Pulford from Bunbury Machinery joins us this morning for a local business perspective on the current fuel situation.
Stephen Bro...
How are Rural Fuel and Freight Companies Dealing with the Shortages?
Michael Harding from Freight Lines Group jumps on the show today to discuss the rising concern around the lack of diesel being sent to the bush.
Running on Empty: Farmers Need Fuel as Seeding Looms
This morning we spoke to Newdegate farmer Dean Sinclair about our WA farmers' lack of access to fuel. We'll be covering the fuel shortage/price crisis...
Volatile Global Fertiliser Markets
Rabobank agriculture analyst Paul Joules gives his insight into the fertiliser situation,
Former WALGA president Karen Chappel tells us...
Should We Be Taking Ag Sustainability More Seriously?
In this episode:
Reid Seaby - Sustainable Ag Field Officer for West Region, Nutrien Ag Solutions
Paul Joules - Agriculture Analyst, Rabob...
A Spectacular Vintage Season in the South West and Great Southern
Jeff Burch, Howard Park owner, jumps on the show today to talk about how vintage 2026 is going. Turns out, this year is going to be an amazing year fo...
The Predicted Value of Agriculture
Darren O'Dea, Farm Weekly editor, gives us the latest top stories,
Nutrien's Craig Walker checks in from the Muchea sale yards,
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Sheep Feed That Reduces Methane Emissions By 70%?
Paul Nenke from Milne Feeds tells us about their new Easy2Gro pelleted sheep feed that focuses on high daily weight gain and reduced methane productio...
Is It Worth Applying for Those Live Sheep Export Grants?
We're hearing that a lot of primary producers and businesses were unsuccessful applying for the government's Supply Chain Capacity Program which are s...
How Trump's Tariffs Affect Our Exports
Georgia Campion from the Countryman talks tariffs, property rights appeals and CBH board elections,
ADM Trading's Tom Mayfield talks whe...
Teaching Skills for the Future of Our Ag Industry
Workforce challenges are being felt across every part of the agricultural supply chain. AgriFutures General Manager, Levied and Emerging Industries, S...
Reflecting on a Long Hot Summer in Regional WA
Nationals Member for Roe Peter Rundle pops in to chat about all sorts of things,
CBH chief SRSS officer David Paton talks to us about their Gras...
Why Are Local School Bus Routes Being Axed?
Nationals member for the Central Wheatbelt Lachlan Hunter joins us this morning to talk about the need for more regional school buses.
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Cost-Effective Cattle Methane Monitoring
Vytelle last week announced the commercial release of Vytelle SENSE™ Methane, so we sit down with Dr Jason Osterstock, Vytelle's chief science officer...
What Do Young People Have to Say About Living Rurally?
FRRR is inviting not-for-profit organisations to collaborate with local young people in remote, rural and regional communities. Lauren Ryan from FRRR...
Keeping Up with Feed Demand in the South West
Paul Nenke from Milne Feeds calls in this morning to tell us about feed options in Bridgetown, Donnybrook, Harvey and Margaret River,
Bu...
More GPs Are Coming to Our Rural Medical Clinics
A boom in rural training means 251 more GPs are on the way to WA communities! We chat to Royal Australian College of GPs Vice President and WA Chair D...
Get to a GRDC Grains Research Update
GRDC's Peter Bird joins us to talk about their upcoming Grains Research Updates happening in Peth and beyond.
Precision Agronomics' Mat...
The Tony Maddox Property Rights Appeal
Former PGA president and local York farmer Tony Seabrook called in today to show his support for Tony Maddox. In February last year, Toodyay farmer To...
Cane Toads... In the Pilbara?
Dr Judy Dunlop from Curtin University talks all things cane toads this morning, and why prevention is better than eradication.
Stephen B...
Geopolitics the Dominant Risk for Agriculture This Year
Rabobank's Australia Agribusiness Outlook 2026 lead author Stefan Vogel talks to us about fast-changing global trade rules and volatile commodity pric...